The Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991

Exemption from registration

2.—(1) The following persons shall not be required for the purposes of section1 of the 1989 Act to be registered carriers of controlled waste—

(a)an authority which is a waste collection authority, waste disposal authority or waste regulation authority for the purposes of Part II of the Enviromental Protection Act 1990(1);

(b)the producer of the controlled waste in question except where it is building or demolition waste;

(c)the British Railways Board in relation to carriage by rail;

(d)a ferry operator in relation to the carriage on the ferry of any vehicle carrying controlled waste;

(e)the operator of a vessel, aircraft, hovercraft, floating container or vehicle in relation to its use, after it has been loaded with waste in circumstances in which a licence under Part II of the Food and Enviroment Protection Act 1985(2) is needed or would be needed but for an order under section 7 of that Act for transporting the waste in order to carry out any operation mentioned in section 5 or 6 of that Act;

(f)a charity;

(g)a voluntary organisation within the meaning of section 48(11) of the Local Government Act 1985(3) or sectio 83(2D) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973(4);

(h)a person who before 1st April 1992 applies in accordance with these Regulations for registration as a carrier of controlled waste but only whilst his application is pending.

(2) In this regulation—

“building or demolition waste” means waste asrising from works of construction or demolition, including waste arising from work preparatory thereto;

“vessel” has the same meaning as in section 742 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894(5).